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Augusto Algueró* - Augusto Algueró - Homenaje - 23-Jul-07 04:30 PM
Absolutely disappointing! When I bought this record I thought it would sound like Augusto Algueró: the amazing 1970s genius, full of imagination, combining funk with awesome orchestral arrangements, Brigitte Bardot-like chorus, latin disco... Instead, all you get here is cheap flamenco, the worst of Spanish mainstream. All Augusto Algueró fans must be completely disgusted with this insult to the fine artist's creation.
The best track is Santiago Segura's, who can hardly sing but at least apologizes at the end of the song.
DJ Nitro - 30-Oct-05 08:37 AM
I've seen this man playing live (in Seville, where he and I come from) and I must say that his shitty music is extremely boring. No innovation at all. The audience was under 21 years of age, with the only exception of myself, and after a few minutes I knew why. You must have no brains to enjoy it. Breakbeat is dead.
However, good luck to him.
Incubus (2) - S.C.I.E.N.C.E. - 16-Oct-05 02:34 PM
Uplifting funk to which it's impossible not to dance, or rather jump, at times.
However, the highlight of the album is Summer Romance, an acid-jazz track with lively percussion and a soulful tenor sax solo.
Various - Latino Blue - 12-Oct-05 02:25 PM
Incendiary percussion and overwhelming passion. These are the keys to this compilation. When you blend latin and jazz the result is, at the same time, both and none of its ingredients.
The percussionists (several on each track) are seemingly effortless and perfectly coordinated, not to underrate the brass sections.
Long Long Summer and Blue Sands are exquisite ballads. The counterpoint is the frantic 11'56" Sakeena, named after Art Blakey's newborn daughter.
In the 1950s and 1960s, when all these recordings took place, the mambo craze inherited Gillespie and friends' Cubop, and this is exactly what this charming collection reflects.
Various - QFG: A Compilation - 11-Oct-05 07:17 PM
This superb production showcases 45 different artists from the French experimental scene, chosen among more than 120. There’s a great variety of styles: from atmospheric beatless ambience to obduriate noise. All the tracks are futuristic and boldly electronic. Most of them are instrumental because their mechanical essence wouldn’t go with a human voice. The artificial effect is built-up by several layers of sounds that come and go: beats, beeps, drones… The listener can catch each of these layers clearly and separately. There are many emphatical pauses.
All music is based on three elements: melody, rhythm and texture. The most important here is the latter, which helps to create an abstract atmosphere where melody is hardly present and rhythm not always appears. The few melodies used are minimalistic and much of the rhythm applied is random or anarchic (forget about this compilation for the dancefloor).
But what’s most fascinating about this music is its rusty sound. Only in this specific sense can you apply the term industrial to this compilation. Don’t expect guitar or drums sampling, nor NIN-like grunts. Industrial style has its rules and these artists have emancipated from them. What we have here is an industrial flavour: it seems as if we’re in a noisy factory surrounded by self-moving machines that are almost alive.
The impersonality of the tracks inhibits the arise of any feeling through the listening of this music: it’s absolutely free of emotion, anger, happiness… But the listener might feel the threat of the machines and that can lead to fear or, at least, mystery. Just like a clock’s tic-tac or the sound of the sea, the soundscapes and noises of these artists can help you enjoy the peace of silence and make you dive into your own imagination.
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